Red Hat Open-Sources Scanner That Checks Linux Binaries For Spectre V1 Potential

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Red Hat Open-Sources Scanner That Checks Linux Binaries For Spectre V1 Potential

The great folks at Red Hat have open-sourced a new security checker that is able to scan compiled Linux x86_64 binaries to look for potential Spectre Variant One vulnerabilities...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Red-Hat-Spectre-V1-Scanner

[eydee]

If a scanner starts poking around my other hardware I'd be pissed. All it has to do is scan my papers. Nothing more, nothing less.

[unixfan2001]

If a scanner starts poking around my other hardware I'd be pissed. All it has to do is scan my papers. Nothing more, nothing less.

Wrong kind of scanner.